HIGHWAY ENCOUNTER v0.98a

31st August 2006 (1.40am)


Updates
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V0.98a - Added option to turn the game music on or off
V0.98 - First Entry (lots of things still missing)


What is the game about?
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Highway Encounter was originally written by Costa Panayi in 1985, and the version I have remade is the spectrum version.  The basic idea of the game is to
get the lasertron (Pyramid shaped item) to then of the highway in order to destroy the Alien mothership.  The orginal game featured flip screens for each 
of the 30 zones of the highway.  I however have opted for a scrolling highway.

To guide the lasertron to its destination you have 5 droids to push it.  You control one droid at a time, and if your driod blows up you will be given 
control of the next droid. Unfortunately on the highway there are several obstacles which you must render safe.  You can destroy the alien with your laser,
but be careful they dont over heat!  Also you can position barrels, and certain block in the way of the mines which also litter the highway.  Once you have
cleared a way the lasertron can be pushed to the end.


What are the controls?
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The default controls are as below :

	Cursor Up - Speed Up
	Cursor Down - Slow Down
	Cursor Left - Rotate Anti Clockwise
	Cursor Right - Rotate Clockwise
	Space Bar - Fire
	P - Pause
	Esc - Quit

You can change the keys by selecting controller in the main menu.  When defining the keys, you can also select a joystick movement i.e. if you want up to be 
joystick up, then simply move the joystick up when requested.


About the remake.
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This remake was made by Andrew Nixon (Urbaninteractive Software) www.urbaninteractive.net using Blitz 3d, and Spritecandy.  The game isnt complete, but it is playable.  Some of the menu
functions dont work yet, and the one type of Alien is missing in this version.  However please check my website in the future for the final version.

Special thanks must go to :

Bankie for the competition
Caroline for her unending support, and not complaining too much with the late nights.
Everyone at RetroRemakes for holding this compo.
Infamous for the great tunes.

